Found Deceased Olivia 5, Evelyn 8 & Paityn Decker 9, Endangered Alert, visitation w/ homeless dad Travis Decker 32, wh 2017 GMC Sierra PU, Wenatchee, 30 May 2025

[tlcya]

The fact that he killed his children, left his truck, supplies, food, phone, wallet & dog, tells me he's also killed himself as well. The bloody hand prints throw a weird angle in but I do think they'll find him deceased.

I hope so. It would spare the mother experiencing trial, hearing every gory detail of her girls last moments described clinically before a room full of strangers

 

[bestill]

I hope so. It would spare the mother experiencing trial, hearing every gory detail of her girls last moments described clinically before a room full of strangers

Seriously! The not knowing where he is and what he's doing is just another layer of cruelty and evil. This is so dang sad!

 

[Ontario Mom]

I hope so. It would spare the mother experiencing trial, hearing every gory detail of her girls last moments described clinically before a room full of strangers

While I can't bring myself to hope the guy is dead (I'd rather he face justice for the rest of his life), I completely agree with the mom being spared the nightmarish details that would come out in court.

 

[ttjo]

The fact that he killed his children, left his truck, supplies, food, phone, wallet & dog, tells me he's also killed himself as well. The bloody hand prints throw a weird angle in but I do think they'll find him deceased.

Or he wants people to think he has killed himself, This may be a stretch but, by leaving his truck, wallet, all essentials behind etc. Maybe he thinks suicide is expected and there will be less urgency, less resources used to find him ?
I dont know if that would change anything for law enforcement, but without a vehicle or another form of transportation, you think he'd be easier to find, closer by, but isnt that what he is good at? concealment?

 

[tlcya]

Or he wants people to think he has killed himself.
Unless he had another form of transportation, he couldnt get that far could he? you think he'd be easier to find, but isnt that what he is good at? concealment?

not only skilled at concealment, a skilled survivalist who has gone off grid in that area several times in the past for months at a time. I think he left the wallet and anything identifying him is a risk to continue to carry. He knew he would have no need of it anymore. Same with the truck. I am sure he took exactly nothing identifying with him.

I am betting he dumped his dog at a shelter or somewhere just prior to picking up the girls and killing them. I think he told his ex about financial troubles and and needing to get rid of his dog to give her the impression he had no money and try to guilt her, but do we really know know that? A lot of what we know is through Whitney and she got it from this murderer, so who knows what is true?

I hope to be wrong but I don't think TD has committed suicide. I think he is out there and I think he has the ability to stay out there for a long while.

 

[ttjo]

not only skilled at concealment, a skilled survivalist who has gone off grid in that area several times in the past for months at a time. I think he left the wallet and anything identifying him is a risk to continue to carry. He knew he would have no need of it anymore. Same with the truck. I am sure he took exactly nothing identifying with him.

and that is probably the most likely, its as simple as not taking anything that identifies him or his wherabouts by using ( debit cards etc)

I am betting he dumped his dog at a shelter or somewhere just prior to picking up the girls and killing them. I think he told his ex about financial troubles and and needing to get rid of his dog to give her the impression he had no money and try to guilt her,

I think he was hinting at that too, " look at me suffering," although its been reprted that they had an amicable divorce, sounds like he struggled with it. He probably didnt want the divorce.

but do we really know know that? A lot of what we know is through Whitney and she got it from this murderer, so who knows what is true?

I believe her, because she is not lashing out and blaming people. or even trashing him, that Ive heard anyway. She said he loved he girls and she never thought he'd hurt them, she never wanted to keep them away from him. Poor girl, shes probably dealing with so much guilt over decisions made, but she was trying to be kind to him and give him something to look forward to, cannot fault her for that.

I hope to be wrong but I don't think TD has committed suicide. I think he is out there and I think he has the ability to stay out there for a long while.

 

[tlcya]

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I believe her, because she is not lashing out and blaming people. or even trashing him, that Ive heard anyway. She said he loved he girls and she never thought he'd hurt them, she never wanted to keep them away from him. Poor girl, shes probably dealing with so much guilt over decisions made, but she was trying to be kind to him and give him something to look forward to, cannot fault her for that.

SBM for focus

What I mean is, most of the info about the dog and financial troubles were relayed to her by the man who would shortly kill their three children. I believe her implicitly, I believe nothing that came from him. not one little bit.

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

So wait, he left the dog in the truck or he told someone he left the dog somewhere?

 

[zucchinibread]

@ticya This is a post by poster bambi_sue regarding Travis Decker’s dog.

I believe the page has been deleted now, but on the FB page that the girls' mother created, someone posted screenshots of Chinook's (the dog) humane society page after the dog was recovered from the crime scene.

 

[NuttMegg]

Or he wants people to think he has killed himself, This may be a stretch but, by leaving his truck, wallet, all essentials behind etc. Maybe he thinks suicide is expected and there will be less urgency, less resources used to find him ?
I dont know if that would change anything for law enforcement, but without a vehicle or another form of transportation, you think he'd be easier to find, closer by, but isnt that what he is good at? concealment?

What would he ever need in his wallet again? I bet there was no money in it. Leaving it just tells me it's a red herring. I don't think he's dead, why wouldn't he have done it on the spot? Now it's a game, how long can he exist in the woods with previous caches, and like someone alluded to maybe a second car that he took off in Friday. LE knows roughly when the kids died, how far could he have gotten in nearly 3 days? Even just hiking. I wonder how far the dog was released from the campground. Another factor which gives me the notion the girls were dead in the back of the truck. They'd be distraught if he pushed the dog out in front of them.

 

[ttjo]

What would he ever need in his wallet again? Leaving it just tells me it's a red herring. I don't think he's dead, why wouldn't he have done it on the spot? Now it's a game, how long can he exist in the woods with previous caches, and like someone alluded to maybe a second car that he took off in Friday. LE knows roughly when the kids died, how far could he have gotten in nearly 3 days? Even just hiking. I wonder how far the dog was released from the campground. Another factor which gives me the notion the girls were dead in the back of the truck. They'd be distraught if he pushed the dog out in front of them.

Yes this exactly, he doesnt need anything now and he ( might) think he is Rambo.
Why isnt he found closer?

 

[NuttMegg]

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The sheriff said only that the dog was "located", but not necessarily at the crime scene IIRC

 

[zucchinibread]

The sheriff said only that the dog was "located", but not necessarily at the crime scene IIRC

The humane society post said it was found on Icicle Rd., so if not directly at the crime scene, it was on the same street.

 

[NuttMegg]

The humane society post said it was found on Icicle Rd., so if not directly at the crime scene, it was on the same street.

Someone posted the map here early on. IiRC the camp was 18 miles up Icicle Rd. So I haven't seen where the dog was found, but if he walked away from the crime scene, imo the dog would have followed him.


What an interesting twist that the dog's life meant more to him than the children's.

 

[Snoop Sister]

So wait, he left the dog in the truck or he told someone he left the dog somewhere?

The dog was found on a road near the area where the girls were found. There are a few links upthread regarding the dog.

 

[floridafreshsqueez]

<modsnip: Quoted post was removed> ... as someone with BPD. It’s also often misdiagnosed and shares overlapping symptoms and behaviors with other conditions.

Anyways, MH issues can explain behavior but it doesn’t mean it’s necessarily attributable to a sequence of actions. If he is alive and faces the court, I doubt an insanity defense would go his way.

From what I gathered of the evidence left behind, someone correct me if I’m wrong…but is the implication that TD set up camp and then murdered the girls? It sounds like it was premeditated but that he presumably pretended they were all going to camp before he decided to act?

 

[NuttMegg]

I think he must have discarded the dog well away from the crime scene, or that is indicative that he had another car. If he left the dog tied up, tbe dog could have followed his scent when released. I don't think we've seen those answers posted yet, at which mile the dog was found. Of course I could have missed that info.

 

[Chimera]

Someone posted the map here early on. IiRC the camp was 18 miles up Icicle Rd. So I haven't seen where the dog was found, but if he walked away from the crime scene, imo the dog would have followed him.


What an interesting twist that the dog's life meant more to him than the children's.

Bbm.

Sad and angry all at once.
Not that we don't care for our pets and treat them well, just saying.

 

[NuttMegg]

<modsnip: Quoted post was removed> ... as someone with BPD. It’s also often misdiagnosed and shares overlapping symptoms and behaviors with other conditions.

Anyways, MH issues can explain behavior but it doesn’t mean it’s necessarily attributable to a sequence of actions. If he is alive and faces the court, I doubt an insanity defense would go his way.

From what I gathered of the evidence left behind, someone correct me if I’m wrong…but is the implication that TD set up camp and then murdered the girls? It sounds like it was premeditated but that he presumably pretended they were all going to camp before he decided to act?

Iirc they said he had been to that camp the day before he returned with the girls. Per his cell phone tracking, iirc

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

The dog was found on a road near the area where the girls were found. There are a few links upthread regarding the dog.

Thank you